29 July 2021 Wire grid polarizer-based cyclic shearing interferometer with polarization phase shifting
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Abstract

Imaging of transparent phase samples using a wire grid polarizer (WGP)-based shearing interferometer is demonstrated. The proposed setup employs a WGP as a beam splitter in a triangular cyclic interferometer setup, so that the two counterpropagating beams are rendered linearly polarized in orthogonal directions as they emerge from the interferometer. These sheared waved fronts are made to pass through the phase sample. The magnitude of shear is affected by controlled angular shifts of one mirror about the reference X and Y axes. For each of these directional shears, the polarization phase shifting is implemented so as to generate a three-dimensional phase pattern, which is digitally combined and integrated to yield the sample phase. The proposed setup is robust, sufficiently tolerant to ambient vibrations, and shows very encouraging experimental results.

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Chandan Sengupta and Kallol Bhattacharya "Wire grid polarizer-based cyclic shearing interferometer with polarization phase shifting," Optical Engineering 60(7), 073106 (29 July 2021). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.60.7.073106
Received: 11 May 2021; Accepted: 16 July 2021; Published: 29 July 2021
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KEYWORDS
Polarization

Shearing interferometers

Phase shifting

Interferometers

Beam splitters

Wavefronts

Mirrors

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